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Light diet   /laɪt dˈaɪət/   Listen
Light diet

noun
1.
Diet prescribed for bedridden or convalescent people; does not include fried or highly seasoned foods.





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"Light diet" Quotes from Famous Books



... prolix doctor dressed and bandaged the knee and recommended bed and a light diet for the little lady. He thought a week or a fortnight would put it right. No bones or ligatures damaged—fortunately. Only a flesh cut. He would come again in a day ...
— England, My England • D.H. Lawrence
... established at the town gates, in the house of the prince's head gardener. All the inhabitants of the house having taken flight, the general staff found nothing to eat, and had to sup on some pineapples and plums from the hot-houses. This was a very light diet for people who, without food for twenty-four hours, had spent the preceding night on foot and all day fighting! But we were the victors, and that magical word enabled us to ...
— The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot, Translated by - Oliver C. Colt • Baron de Marbot


Words linked to "Light diet" :   diet


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